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staged. and the surviving son of double murder, alex murdaugh, speaking out. denying today he had anything to do with the mysterious death of a former classmate. as this -- cold case is busting open tonight. let's go out front! that, evening i'm erin burnett, outfront tonight. if donald trump's very public prediction comes true, this would be the eve of his impending arrest. but cnn is learning tonight from sources that any irs would not happen. until next week if trump should be indicted this. week over hush money scheme involving a porn star when he first ran for president. now this is a live look outside the new york city courthouse. we do know there was a last ditch attempt by trump's legal team to keep the former president from being criminally charged. if that charge happens it will be a historic first. the last-ditch attempt has a name, it's a person, that person is robert costello. an attorney who's represented trump allies including steve bannon and rudy giuliani. he happens to be a former legal adviser to michael cohen. who admitted to paying out the 130,000 dollar to

stormy daniels. now castella and cola both fear today about having criminal courthouse, where a grand juries investigating that scheme. only costello testify today though. he appeared at the request of trump's team to counter cohen's testimony. he was there for nearly three hours, cohen was available for a battle but ended up not being needed according to his lawyer. the question of course did costello say anything today that would prevent trump from being charged in this game. he says he told gradually that cohen wants told him specifically that trump flat out did not know about the payment. >> that's what he said at the time, is it true, i don't know. >> did he tell the grand jury? that >> yes, i did. but i needed to force that into an answer. >> now, cohen blasted costello for making, quote false statements about, him during his testimony. >> bob

costello, if he was anymore imaginary in the statements that are coming out of his, multi bea number one new york times bestselling fiction author. >> four different courtrooms in america had activity involving trump today, it goes way beyond this indictment in new york. we have costello, cohen here in new york, elsewhere in manhattan a federal judge rejected a joint request by trump and -- to hold a single trial. in carols defamation and rape civil suits in the former president -- it's just in new york. and, washington evan corcoran, trump defense attorney who special counsel jack smith wants is a key witness in the classified documents probe, he was back in a federal courthouse. and then there's george of. course and their trump's team filed a motion seeking to quash the financial report a special grand jury that investigated whether trump in allies interfere with the 2020 election. a source also tells cnn that georgia prosecutors are getting racketeering and conspiracy charges in that investigation. we begin though

tonight with all of back away on, the probe that may come to a headfirst, that could bring the first indictment. the nypd and law enforcement agencies are preparing for the possibility of a trump arrest. nash money brought. police setting up barricades four security cameras that were just newly installed. after trump called for protests on social media, and rallied his base to, quote take our nation back. we begin tonight with our senior justice correspondent, evan perez. evan, when you put all this together about the hush money scheme, how these payments were classified, that's what this is about. where are we right now in terms of timing for these key decisions in the stormy daniels case? >> in the new york case, the new york tristram tierney case in appears that the or

earliest will see donald trump have to come to court may not be until next week, we do, nowhere, and that the grand jury's meeting today. we'll expect they'll be back later this week. it indictment could come. and will be filed under seal. -- to new york for him to be brought and enfinger brenda. and from the first appearance before a judge would not comment until at least next week and that's partly because of the careful choreography that's being orchestrated. trying to keep the former president say. as he comes to new york. because, obviously you can see from the preparations there that you just showed pictures of new york. there's concern about some of the people might be brought to new york. who might act upon his call for protests. and of course, it may bring people who are gonna be counter protesting his appearance there in new york. there's a lot of activity a that the secret service, new york police department, are all very

concerned about. they want to make sure that they can bring the former president and safely. and have mc his day in court. >> evan, obviously, in this case it's column that's likely to be the first indictment. surprising many. who thought it might come from elsewhere. specifically, many thought from fulton county. what could you tell us about the development there. the charges that are under consideration in fulton county, georgia, where the president and his team have filed to essentially take background jury record out of circulation? >> right, the new york district attorney certainly has catapulted his case ahead of what we all thought which was the case down in the special grand jury in georgia. was going to perhaps be the first because we've been hearing from that district attorney that it is decision would be a minute. and that weren't eminent is gonna be the one that's hanging over the former president. it's the case that he and his most worried about that it's because of what don lemon and others were reporting today the district attorney was considering racketeering and conspiracy charges. it's along the lines of what she's previously sad. was being considered but again, the idea being that the former president and his effort to remain in

office, to try and find votes, and find people in -- in the state of georgia. to help him overturn the election, that that would be a case that they're trying to bring down. they're according to the reporting we have, they have at least three recordings of the former president urging georgia officials to do that. it's part of what is now being looked at. there >> have, and thank you very. much of course i should note for everybody, one of those recordings something no one knew about tell about a week ago. totally new information in that case as well. thank you, adam. i want to go to former -- watergate prosecutor who turned down a chance to represent donald trump in the mar-a-lago documents case. john sale, i appreciate your time and welcome. i know you know robert costello. i gave acquit headline of him. he's represented people like steve bannon, rudy giuliani. some people make judgments about that as they well. what could you tell us about him, wha t

kind of lawyer he is, his character? >> well, i think we need to be careful about equating a lawyer with -- whether it's a good thing, or bad thing. so, robert costello four starters is a former assistant u.s. attorney. in the southern district of new york. warm also part of that. office he has an excellent reputation. he did as a prosecutor. he did as a defense. lawyer he's honorable, of the lawyer. and i

have no doubt, zero, but i want to say double negative but he wouldn't lie under oath. >> oh. ahead >> whatever he brings to the table, i don't think he has an agenda other than to tell the truth. >> this is significant, because obviously a lot can be resting on him, he did come out after his three hours at the grand jury and spoke to -- he said he was frustrated with the experience. he said that he had wanted to talk about 300 emails that he had exchange with michael cohen. and he thought they were very important. but he said prosecutors didn't want to talk about, that they had -- here's what he said about it. >> they were getting upset because they asked me a limited question based on one of the six emails. and i volunteer information that i thought the grand jury needed to hear. >>, socialist s. a. t.? you he volunteered information -- that they would only ask about 60 miles when he had 300 he thought we were deported. >> where are, start no ones above the law including donald trump. but that needs to be viewed in a spectrum of we don't want to be involved and selective prosecution. we don't want to be prosecuting donald trump for about our wouldn't prosecute someone else for. i don't why the prosecutor doesn't just let it all come out before the grand jury. and let them decide. a target of the investigation such as mr., trump has a right to have the

grandeur year. with the upslope tory. evidence and then let them be an independent body, the way it all. and vote. and apply the law equally to him. the way they would to anybody else. but let me say,, aaron if you're gonna compare the credibility of michael cohen and bob's tello. that's just not even worth the discussion. but michael cohen is a defense lawyers dream as a witness. i mean first year law students will destroy a monitor cross-examination. there's not a camera he doesn't love. he's on every tv show in the world i don't criticize the media or the public wanting to hear it but when i was a prosecutor if i had a cooperator and they wanted a tv show and i would pull the cooperation deal. >> let me ask you the bottom line as you see it do you think there's any chance that alvin bragg does not indict donald trump at this point? >> i do

think there is a chance. it is a prosecutor doesn't thorough investigation. and decided not to prosecute he has not failed and its obligations and i think that bob costello's testimony if nothing else should cause mr. perez to pause and think, is this the right case. if there are the facts of law. donald trump should be held accountable. and frankly, i don't think this is the case. and beyond a reasonable doubt bob castella's testimony gives the scale in favor of not bringing this case -- >> john, thank you very much i appreciate your time. and the context that we bring to this which is so important. -- out front now ryan goodman, basil smikle, and scott jennings. thank you very much to all of. you karyn, you worked in the manhattan da's office you're very familiar with all of. this you know obviously were there when there was a decision not to go ahead and indict another issues related to donald trump. how much do you think costello could impact the decision on whether or not to indict trump? >> at this point the alvin bragg will likely asked the ground jury to decide. they've heard all the evidence and they've heard costello he was there for over almost three

hours today. to say there was any selective questioning of him, he had almost two hours to say whatever it is he wanted to say. the grand jury will have heard his testimony, i think at this point, alvin bragg will likely leave it up to the grand jury to decide if they believe that this case beyond a reasonable doubt. it's not the standard of the gradually by the. lay the standard for the grander-y is probable cause. >> a simple majority,? right >> pretty much, but sometimes when the defense presents evidence, whether it's a defended testifying or other evidence that's exculpatory. again, almost three hours it's a long time to say whatever it is he had to say. i think that that could influence grandeur here. we'll see but i don't think that alvin bragg will not ask the ground jury to vote on this matter at this point. >> ryan, michael cohen, was not asked to

testify today. he was there to be prepared for. costello testified and they said they did not need michael cohen. which will see if that significant. but cohen then obviously went out and gave a television interview. and here's what he said. >> typical donald j trump play, out of the playbook, figure out how you're gonna muddy the water as best as you possibly can, denigrate -- disparage, them and they did the same thing to cassidy hutchinson, and they did the same thing to anyone and everyone. it's for the truth -- >> so, he goes on to say the beauty is i have facts. now obviously -- the costello and his in a petulant equity and his reputation. but what is this comedown do that for a ground jury? >> i think in part of my come down to cohen testifying. but then what is there to cooperate what he has to say. prosecutors often have

to include accomplices to the crime, or bad actors especially when they're prosecuting organized crimes. you're gonna have prosecutors witnesses like that who have flipped on cooperating that aren't the most appealing character. is that i've done things like lie, past crimes but you need to then go through and corroborate anything. there's cooperation in the case of the form of checks that are written by donald trump. an audio recordings with donald trump and michael cohen another witnesses that can testify as. well part of this involved in national choir is part of the hush money payments. game and they have public document with the federal prosecutors that explains a role in the scheme. and that it was done to influence the election. there's a lot of cooperation, a

question of whether that could be put together in such a way that would convince injury and it's an open question. >> that's the open question, you also have of course i'm da here, unelected decision, there's a lot at stake. you want, reelection some da with assume they always want to do the right thing. those pressures, after everything that the da, alvin bragg's gone through here, is there an off ramp for him if he wants one, he or will he say he's gonna go ahead and this to the grand jury. is there an afferent if he wants one? >> he's an incredibly different difficult position, here's a guy, and i know i voted for him. if you look at his background he's representing what caller, he's been involved in white collar crimes, or fraud investigations. he worked at the u.s. attorneys, office kind of understands how that works, despite what may happen in new york or maybe even counterintuitive to being an elected official in new york. he's gonna try and stay out of the papers and off the tv because he wants to be very careful. only other hand he campaigned as a terminal

justice reform, anna, such particularly donald trump -- ran on taking him out of office if he had one. so he's an incredibly difficult position because if he chooses not, if there is no indictment here, donald trump can, say, look my supporters got, off their they pushed it back and they're gonna be questions about whether or not he was up to the task. on the other, hand if there is an indictment, donald trump's gonna come out and, say look at this democratic salute, going after us. he won't see me, he'll say of. it's, so it's a tough position for him to be an. but i need to think that he has enough experience and support to least at a want to say hole back but at least be a lot more careful one would think the former president of the united states. >> you said something in your answer that caught my attention he said if he doesn't indict people say, he wasn't up to the task. what task? what's the? task is the task to get donald trump at all costs? or is the task to do

what's right, or to execute the loss, i think that's where republicans have legitimate questions about this prosecutor. is he thinking about his political constituency who'd say what you just said, get him, you weren't up to the task. or is he thinking about the law. as prosecutor he's downgraded something like 52% of felonies down to misdemeanors. he's taking a seven year old misdemeanor and inflating it to a convoluted novel felony. i think a lot of republicans are looking at him and thinking is he more political than justice minded here because of where he represents in the voters he has. >> since you asked for the last several years through t o impeachment hearings throughout january -- there's a constant push to hold him accountable. the question is is this whole holding i'm accountable? if the facts say that we need to move on and look at something else i get that, i think most voters would get that. but there's also gonna be this question of is there ever gonna come a point in time when donald trump will be held accountable for the thing >> -- it's a legitimate question. and >> i

think people in georgia and the special counsel at the doj have more legitimate things to care about that perhaps -- >> it's interesting to know what they think about this and if they were taken aback. as everyone was frankly by the frank this appears to be coming first before anything else. stay with, me rhonda scent is monkey silence it about the potential looming indictment for trump. desantis taking a swipe, and then there was a counter swipe from trump which of course tripled down and escalated it plus we shine light on the prosecutor who become the first in history to criminally charge of former president. we'll tell you who is at muhlenberg. brad in >> china's leader after putin charged with war crimes. what that power playing can mean, ahead. having diabetes can raise a lot of questions. like my morning ride, will it help lower my glucose? with the freestyle libre 2 system, you can know where your glucose level is and where it's headed without fingersticks.

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♪ priceline. ♪ >> desantis versus trump. the looming threat of an indictment triggering the first real back and forth between the top two republican president contenders. kristen holmes is out front in west palm beach. as florida resident donald trump and florida governor ron desantis traded some nasty shots. and christiane, this was very direct today. all sparked by a possible indictment in new york? >> that's right, erin, this is the first time we actually heard florida governor ron desantis weigh in on this potential indictment. and the thing to keep in mind here is that this was not on force, we

saw all weekend long trump allies and advisers essentially goading desantis into responding. at one point trump super packed with sending out what was essentially a tracker, showing all the republicans that had rallied behind. trump and signaling out desantis for not commenting at this time. when desantis got up there we heard him say the traditional rally cry, the da was politicized, he vowed not to get involved if this somehow trickled down into florida where they both lived. however, he didn't fully support trump, and he seemed to take a jab at him when he said this. >> i don't know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star, to secure silence over some type of alleged affair. i just can't speak to that, i have no interest in getting involved in some type of manufactured circus by some sort of da. he's trying to do a political spectacle. he's trying to virtue signal for his base. i've got real issues i

gotta deal with here in the state of florida. >> so, when you talk about real issues, that's actually the part that trump allies and advisers took issue with. they say it shows that desantis doesn't understand what the base republicans feel. that they actually care about this. they tore him apart on social media. but former president trump of course not one to be left out of a mud fight. he also responded to that first part about those payments. this is what he said, he said ron desanctimonious will find out all about false accusations and fix story sometimes in the near future as he gets older, wiser, and better known when he's unfairly and illegally attacked by a woman, even classmates that are, quote, under age. he shared a photo that suggested that the santas had acted in appropriately with teenage girls while he was teaching history in georgia when he was in his twenties. something that he shared on several occasions when he is slamming desantis. just showing you how ugly this

is gonna get. this is a year and a half out and desantis hasn't entered the race yet and this is what we're seeing. >> kristen, thank you very much. it was pretty amazing i will say -- i wouldn't know about how many times you get the word hush money and pornstar in there? all right then defended it was politically that would be walking the hype. >> the virtue signaling, it's a great line. listen, i think that's one of the things that would scare donald trump. the fact that number one, one desantis as the governor has elect -- executive authority. he knows how to use his budget to get his political ends. this is the same guy who was influencing these hyper local school board elections. so it's clear that he knows how this thing works. for him to be able to go up on tv every single time and say, i don't know how hush money works. i mentioned that'll be over and over again, commercials everywhere. >> and amazing that that wasn't the part that up such trump.

trump was set by another part of the statement. and he responded by taking it straight down to the gutter. >> absolutely, i've been trying to sort out the politics of all this today, the trump people are going crazy as a reporter pointed out. they're more angry with desantis than they are with bragg, if you just allies in through the lens of judgment, donald trump and, -- ron desantis did not cause bonton to have sex with the porn star while his wife was pregnant. dog one desantis isn't causing alvin bragg to bring a dog of a case. desantis give a reasonable answer today that i think would probably sound reasonable to 90% of americans. i thought he did a good job today. i don't understand why the trump people believe that it's an opinion it's -- a political opponent stomped defend him from his own judgment. desantis didn't do anything

that got trump into this trouble in the first place. >> i want to ask you, when we talk about the timing here, because i think this is important and don't know if a lot of our viewers -- this whole thing we keep talking about that, well, okay, the law is the law, if this is the right thing to do, then go ahead and indict. but then the people will still say, even if they believe there should be an indictment, not first, they shouldn't be the first one. they should be others first. there's a reason for that, you say. >> one often bragged was elected da about a year and a half ago, if you recall, there were three trump matters handed to him that were pending in the da's office. when was a case, right, the trump organization case that it already been indicted and went to trial, they got a 17 count conviction on it. there were two pending investigations that -- hadn't indicted yet either. one involving the valuation of his assets, one involving the stormy daniels hush money payments. alvin bragg came in, like both of them, and said, i want more evidence.

to the people who say that this is a political decision to bring this case, he had a case that he could've brought two months into his tenure, where the two prosecutors resigned in a huff because they thought there was enough evidence. this case, for the last year and a half, he's been gathering more evidence in both cases. this particular case, clearly, he feels that he can corroborate -- the statute of limitations is about to run in may. it's now or never with this case. >> which, rain, gives it more perspective. if he has till may, he said they're waiting to let fulton county go first, because he doesn't want to go first, or what? it does give some important context to this. >> absolutely. so, fulton county will probably go and may. if he waits, he could lose the case. he can't bring it. the statute of limitations has run. then he's not gonna wait for the department of justice -- the only make the decision sometime in the summer. that's why we have to bring this case now.

i just want to say, just to scott's point about, does it sound like a dog of a case -- it is a situation for the rule of law in which michael cohen was prosecuted and served time for the hush money payments and the federal government said that he acted in coordination and direction of the individual who weren't charged. the rule of law charges the principal in that kind of situation, but the subordinate serve time. the individual one was donald trump. >> we'll see what happens with individual one in the next coming days. thank so much. next, putin and xi jinping together in moscow as the russian leader was heckled in mariupol. [speaking non-english] >> we'll hear why some ukrainians questioned whether that trip in the dead of night in front of a nice looking building was even real. plus, donald trump stepping up the attacks on the prosecutor who could be poised to become the first ever to criminally indict him. so, who is alvin bragg? we're gonna take a closer look

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putin. this came after putin made a surprise trip to the russian occupied city of mariupol in southern ukraine, where he was tackled by someone off camera. [speaking non-english] >> this is not true. it's all fair share. that, obviously, was unexpected. i'm front now, the former ambassador to russia, sean sullivan. ambassador, when asked about that. but first, this visit, right, four and a half hours today, in the meeting tomorrow, the day after, this is nick pick visit. what is she jinping up to, spending all this time with putin? >> well, his mission is a lot more complicated than vladimir putin's approach to this mission. putin is very dependent on xi jinping. xi jinping has an audience other than putin in russia. he's looking at the eu. a huge market for china. it's very important for their economy. so he wants to be perceived as somebody who's interested in trying to make peace. he wants to maintain

credibility with the europeans. but he also wants to support putin in russia, because they're an enemy of the united states, and what frustrates us is good for xi. >> so, i have this visit, and certainly, putin wanted these visuals out there before xi arrived, he went to mariupol over the weekend. and while he was there, he allegedly met with ukrainian residents. and, then he got heckled with someone off camera. he saw his security detail suddenly swivel their heads. let me just play the moment for everybody. >> [speaking non-english] >> it did the security detail outside of next to him turn his hat. so, a person else, this is not true, it's all for show. which appeared to be reality sort of piercing i carefully staged visit. possibly an incredible moment. unclear exactly what happened. but how do you think this sort of thing, the sort of moment in this context, of going to mariupol for the first time,

going into the war zone here for putin, what impact putin, would sit with him? >> well, erin, one of the main purposes of the trip in visiting mariupol -- maple is a city that is reduced to rubble. drove the population out. he's going back, driving around himself in the car at night, trying to show that russia is rebuilding mariupol, life under russia in occupied ukraine is returning to normal, and what this heckler is saying is, it's all russia. it's all fake. it's all staged. he's come in at night, driving around at night. it's all russia. because the world knows that russia reduced that city to rubble. >> right. obviously, you see the buildings behind them. enough they put some sort of temporary facade on to make them look okay -- and as he's driving, you know, he's turning the wheel quite dramatically for what appears to be a straight road. i spoke earlier with -- you know her, ambassador.

ukrainian ambassador to the united states. asked about putin's visit, and here's what she said. >> as our intelligence says, we can never be completely share. whether it was him. especially during the nighttime. i mean, we've all seen actual pictures and satellite pictures from mariupol. the city is 90% destroyed. >> and anton, the adviser to the minister of eternal affairs in kyiv actually raise the question about whether it was even putin who is in mariupol. this is a question first of all whether this even happen in mariupol, that, well if it did, was it even him? he posted several images of putin in recent days showing that they all looked a bit different than each other. ambassador, what does it say to you that the speculation is even out there? and very respected and credible cordes. >> well, it's very common in russia, aaron. this type of speculation, conspiracy theories, paranoia,

it comes out all the time. people always speculate when there is, you know, some public moment with putin, maybe there's some controversy surrounding -- some danger. was it's body double? saddam had body doubles. we believe vladimir putin has body doubles. he's -- the ukrainians. on the other hand, who shared putin ultimately kind of enjoys this. may? he sort of this man of mystery. is it really vladimir vladimirovich? is it his body double? i'm sure the kgb agent that lurks within him it's kind of amused by this. >> i. ambassador, thanks so much. i appreciate your time. >> thanks, erin. >> all right, ambassador solid. and a new memo circulated within the nypd -- officers expected to be ready in uniform to be deployed tomorrow after his -- donald trump urged his followers to protest his looming indictment.

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>> justin, a new nypd internal mama is telling all new york officers to be in uniform and ready to deploy tomorrow. this memo is in response to former president trump's social media post calling on followers

to protest after he suggested that he could be indicted and arrested tomorrow. at the head of this whole investigation is the manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg. so, who exactly is he? cnn's brynn gingrass is out front. >> manhattan district attorney alvin bragg could argue that he's recently had reasons to well, brag. >> he's the first black person to lead that office, he won a major tax fraud case brought against the trump organization last year. >> it's a case about lying, cheating. >> and now in just a second year of holding office, he may become the first prosecutor to indict a u.s. president. bragg always remained mom on the possibility of criminal charges against donald trump for his role in a hush money scheme. >> last thing i want to do is run afoul of any rules. and or in anyway negatively impact our investigation. >> internally, bragg isn't backing down, as

the pressure in the case builds. he recently told his staff in a memo, he would quote, not tolerate attempts to intimidate our office. as trump repeatedly calls him out by name on social media while also denying any wrongdoing. >> i imagine alvin to be putting his head down. and just looking very carefully, methodically at all the facts of the case. >> an indictment would be a culmination in a nearly five year long investigation. that began when bragg's predecessor, cy vance, held office. it's been a rocky road getting to this point. >> i bring hard pieces when they're ready. >> two senior prosecutors in his office resigned last year. when bragg signaled that he wouldn't pursue criminal charges against trump. >> i think the evidence was there. this is not a personal issue, or a fight. it's a disagreement about prosecution policy. >> brag

ramped up the investigation this year we'll continuing to weather major criticisms about being soft on crime in new york city. last, year an internal memo surfaced urging his team to not prosecute certain low level offenses. it came the same week the city police -- buried two police officers killed in duty. >> i know you are tired of these laws. especially the ones from the new da. >> the former federal prosecutor's harlem raised, harvard educated, and while his current role thrusts him into the political spotlight, he maintains he is a lawyer at heart. once representing the family of eric garner and fighting for numerous social justice causes on his way to the da seat. >> i've been advocating for changes to the wall. so that police could be held accountable. >> no bigger battle than now, as bragg may make history once again. >> it's amazing. watching that, right, the new nypd internal memo coming out, everyone in uniform showing up to be prepared -- there been heightened concerns at brags office as well.

so, what are they doing to gear up for a possible indictment? we still say possible because we don't know. >> listen, one of the things they're doing is local of forsman, for a long forsman, they're looking at the chatter online. and with our reporting, you may not even come to new york next week if indictment actually happens, the chatter can only built. the security measures that are already in price -- we are seeing cameras put up downtown, barricades, security briefings, this memo saying get officers all in and ypg uniform. there are measures being taken place -- as far as brag, there is a real threat against him in people in his office. he, said we won't tolerate, it will work with nypd to prosecute should anything happen, but again, as with this whole story, it's -- >> absolutely. all right, thank you very much. so much interest. this is gonna continue here. next, the surviving son of double murder alec murdaugh speaking out today, slamming murder -- rumors tying him to a mysterious death.

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mercy was involved in the 2013 death of stephen smith, a firmer classmate of his. it is found dead in the middle of a road about 15 miles from the murdaugh home. authorities originally ruled his death hit and run, but new information from the murdaugh double murder probe has put that into. smith family now wants stephen spotty to be exhumed for a new investigation. cnn's dianne gallagher is out front. >> let's hear emissions? >> hello. -- and the middle of the road. i've seen somebody that. >> spinny 19 years since the -- middle of this country road and hampton county, south carolina. the teens death gained national attention in june 2021, nearly six years after he was killed, when the state lawn forsman -- opened investigation into his death based on information gathered during the course of the double murder investigation of paul and maggie murdaugh.

>> frederick, guilty. >> alex murdaugh was sentenced to life in prison for the murders of his wife and son earlier this month. >> for the rest of your natural life -- >> investigators have never revealed when information they gleaned from the murdaugh murders investigation that resulted in his case being opened. today, new private efforts lash to uncover the circumstances, spearheaded by smith's mother, sandy, and two attorneys. the first goal -- exhuming his body. >> we think we have good cause to show why a fresh side of eyes on this would be beneficial. it has to start with a fresh new look at the body. >> initial reports that the nursing student died on july 8th, 2015, from blunt force head trauma, originally said to be the result of a hit and run. but the accident investigation team reports cited, quote, no vehicle debris, skid marks or injuries consistent with someone being struck by a vehicle. >> i just love my son and since i couldn't protect him i'm going to fight for him. >> smith mother said she's

worried her son might have been targeted because he's gay. during interviews with friends and family after smith staff, murdaugh name kept coming up, but no suspect has ever been named. authorities have never connected anyone in the murdaugh family to smith's death. still, removes an empty window persisted as the murdaugh case spawned podcasts, documentaries, and rabbit social media following, often with western murdaugh, a former classmate of smith at the center of the speculation. he broke his silence in a statement provided to cnn this morning saying, in part, i've tried my best to ignore the vicious rumors about my involvement and stephen smith's tragic death that continue to be published in the media as i grieve over the brutal murders of my mother and brother. these baseless rumors of my involvement with stephen and his staff are false. unequivocal-y deny any involvement in his death, and my heart goes out to the summits family. smith's attorney caution the public, this is not about the murdochs. >> this is not alex murdaugh to point out or any murdaugh two point oh. this is steven smith two point

oh. it's all about stephen. >> at the heart of this, as a mother who's wanted for eight years to find out what happened to her son. -- he started a gofundme, she raised roughly $75,000 already that she says she will use to pay to examine her sons body if a judge signed off on a petition allowing it. we did ask -- that the investigation. they said they have made progress in the stephen smith the -- investigation, erin, but would only say that it remains active and ongoing. >> thanks very much. thanks to all of you for being with us. truckload capacity and dedicated trucks and drivers. we're carvana we created a brand new way for you to sell your car go to carvana answer a few questions and our techno wizardry calculates your car's value and gives you a real offer in seconds we'll come to you pay you on the spot then pick up your car that's it at carvana if you still have symptoms of moderate

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